Indian culture has a rich spiritual heritage and well-being has been an integral aspect of ancient traditions of India. Intellectual wellness is viewed as a positive attribute and emotional wellbeing as capacity to live a full & creative life. Ancient Indian thought has an endless array of techniques to raise human consciousness and is a storehouse of rich psychological insights and nuances of processes and constructs such as emotional & intellectual, physical and social well-being.

Although there are differences in certain details, there is a wide agreement that the health of an individual is not just the state of his physical body but an aggregate of the body, senses, mind and soul. An unhealthy state of mind is often the cause of illness and to remain disease-free it is important to have a healthy mind and body. The table below demonstrates how the five elements are connected with our body.

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) was formed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 2001. The council is based out of the CII Green Business Centre, Hyderabad which is